The Lost Remnant, Book One: Pieces of Eden is a young adult fantasy novel by J.N. Race. The plot centers on a young woman named Azsha Daggerwall, who lives her life as part of a travelling gypsy tribe. Confined to this life by her overbearing...

The Last Order by Angela M. Caldwell is a medieval tale of iron-willed 17-year-old Lana Crewe who lives in a village with her father. When the king and queen of Wenham are killed, the kingdom is divided and war between the lords is inevitable. Lana’s...

The Forest Through The Trees by Meena Nutbeam begins with a missing teenage boy. When Winsome was told she was getting a locker buddy, the vice principal explained they were putting a student with her that needed a friend. Her new locker buddy was none...

It is the year before the kids go off to secondary school and everyone who loves football wants to make the Hall Park trials. Charlie Fry, an 11-year-old boy who loves football, has dreamed of being a striker for the Hall Park team. His only...

I selected this book to review because the title grabbed me. My mother died when I was young (and so was she) so I was interested to learn what The Motherless Child Project was about. Authors Janie McQueen and Robin Karr have either experienced the...

The Prophesy of Hermes: The Adventures of Hermes the Sailor Cat, Book 2 is a children's animal-adventure book written by Paul Watson and illustrated by Thomas Kimbrell. Hermes is a cat who lives on the S.S. Cyclops with his human companion, Stefan. Stefan had found...

The House by Lacey Deaver is a good Christian story from beginning to end. Cheri is a troubled young woman running for her life. She hides in a truck in Seattle and, after three days without food and water, she escapes from the truck...

The Fever by Megan Abbott is an expose of the way teenage girls' emotions tend to rule their thinking. This tale focuses on Gabby, Deenie and Lise, girlfriends at Dryden High. Lise has a seizure and ends up in the hospital. At school, rumors circulate...

The Emerald Quest, book #1 in The Noah Winter Adventure Series by Renee Pawlish, is a preteen and young adult adventure story that centers around a thirteen-year-old boy named Noah, along with his parents Frank and Riley, and their assistant and friend of the family,...

Shifra Hochberg’s The Lost Catacomb is a fast-moving, fascinating journey throughout the centuries into the history of the “Eternal City,” Rome, and its Jewish community. American art historian Nicola Page and Italian-Jewish archaeologist Bruno Recanati have been called by the Vatican to investigate an elaborate...